. The maximum range of a missile 9ï?729 is 480 kilometers and complies with the conditions of the INF Treaty, said the chief of rocket troops and artillery of military power Michael Matveevsky.
According to the General, 9ï?729, which, in the opinion of the United States, violates the Treaty, Is a modernized version of the missile 9ï?728, part of the complex " Iskander-M ".
He said that 9ï?729 changed the number of warheads and placed additional equipment. This made the missile longer than 53 cm.
Matveyevskoye noticed that the missiles 9ï?728 and 9ï?729 loaded with warhead and refuel only at the factory.
Also, according to his statement, 9ï?729 got the new launcher allows you to put four missiles, not two.
in addition, the Ministry of defence for the first time demonstrated 9ï?729 foreign attache.
The contract on destruction of rockets of average and smaller range missiles was signed by the USA and the USSR of 8 December 1987. The parties took on their own shoulders the obligation to eliminate their missiles of accommodation, able to work at ranges of five hundred to 5,500 kilometers, launchers for them, as well as additional facilities and equipment.
in October, the head of the United States Donald trump announced that Washington will come out of the INF Treaty, as Moscow is not in compliance with its obligations. While evidence that the Russian Federation has violated the Treaty, the American side has not provided.
later, Secretary of state Mike Pompeo gave Moscow two months to "go back to the execution" of the contract. For example, US pushing the fact that Russia refused from the rocket 9ï?729 (SSC-8), whose range, as stated in the capital of the United States, violates the INF Treaty.
in the Russian capital, these accusations are called unfounded, noting that the missile 9ï?729 has not developed and has not been tested to a range of exceeding the set limit.
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